Sex Differences in Procedural Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Bifurcation PCI.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The risk profiles, procedural characteristics, and clinical outcomes for women undergoing bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are not well defined compared to those in men.

Methods

COronary BIfurcation Stenting III (COBIS III) is a multicenter, real-world registry of 2,648 patients with bifurcation lesions treated with second-generation drug-eluting stents. We compared the angiographic and procedural characteristics and clinical outcomes based on sex. The primary outcome was 5-year target lesion failure (TLF), a composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction, and target lesion revascularization.

Results

Women (n=635, 24%) were older, had hypertension and diabetes more often, and had smaller main vessel and side branch refe

SUBMITTER: Ahn HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11735155 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature